OPINION: Your basic tuning fork has a greater command of the facts than the UAA Priortization exercise. Let there be music. Pictured: A scene from the Denali Music Festival at Denali National Park and Preserve in July 2012. NPS Photo Naaman Horn.

Nadine Shah, a solo artist from South Shields who is appearing as part of the festival's “By Day” programme, recalls the frustration of growing up in the north-east as a music fan. “I remember scouring the listings section of the NME and being so …

Music started training in Sang Moo Kwan Taekwondo in 1972 at the age of 12. He earned his black belt at 16 and two years later started a martial arts program at North Central State College and Ohio State University at Mansfield to satisfy the curiosity …